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You can move your shareholder meeting out of California, but you can't stop protesters from following. Joining ordinary Wells Fargo shareholders, demonstrators planned to air their grievances Tuesday in San Antonio, site of this year's annual meeting. Some protesters purchased a share of stock, entitling them to enter the meeting and speak for two minutes. The issues included Wells Fargo's foreclosure practices, its ties to private prison companies, and complaints that front-line branch employees were driven to unethical behavior by the bank's never-ending demands to increase sales of accounts and add-ons. Ancel Martinez, a Wells Fargo spokesman, said bank Chief...

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You can move your shareholder meeting out of California, but you can't stop protesters from following.
Joining ordinary Wells Fargo shareholders, demonstrators planned to air their grievances Tuesday in San Antonio, site of this year's annual meeting....

The head of Herbalife Ltd. vowed Tuesday that the Los Angeles nutritional products company would emerge unscathed from a Federal Trade Commission investigation stronger than ever.
"I think it's going to clear the air, and I think it's going to be...

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In advance of the Walt Disney Co.'s annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had made a change to its Corporate Governance Guidelines so that the board of directors would have to provide annual...

Walt Disney Co. held its annual meeting in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday and used the occasion to reveal a few tidbits about its forthcoming film projects, including a pair of animated sequels and the company's first "Star Wars" picture.
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THE HAGUE — Leaders of seven of the world's largest economies on Monday agreed to freeze Russia out of the Group of Eight nations and threatened sanctions against key sectors of its economy if Moscow further invades or seeks to destabilize Ukraine.
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Pershing Square Capital Management, Allergan Inc.'s biggest investor, is calling for a special shareholder meeting to remove most of the drugmaker's board in an effort to push forward a proposed acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
A...

The jockeying for control of Botox maker Allergan Inc. is getting nastier.
Activist investor Bill Ackman called Monday for a special meeting at which Allergan shareholders could potentially vote out the bulk of the Irvine company's board of directors. He...

The jockeying for control of Botox maker Allergan Inc. is getting downright hostile — and even more bizarre.
Activist investor Bill Ackman called for a special meeting at which Allergan shareholders could potentially vote out the bulk of the Irvine...

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Question: Our homeowners' association meeting minutes are a joke and don't reflect what goes on. At meetings, owners play "guessing games" and question our finances. For several years, owners have sent specific written requests for books and...

Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said Friday night that he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization — a step further than the Scouts ultimately took — but said he opposes any further attempts...

The heated takeover fight over Allergan Inc., the maker of Botox, continued Tuesday with the Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant vowing to increase its $46-billion offer this month.
Meanwhile, the Canadian firm's partner in the offer, activist...

Thirty years ago tonight, all she had to say were five words and, just like that, thousands of delegates to the Democratic Party's 1984 convention nearly blew off the roof of San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
“My name is Geraldine Ferraro,” the newly...

In a move designed to ward off a potential hostile takeover, Time Warner Inc. approved a provision that would make it difficult for dissident shareholders to force a vote on a sale or attempt a change in the board of directors.
The change in the...

American Apparel Inc. has refused to call a stockholder meeting requested by ousted Chief Executive Dov Charney and maneuvered to block him from retaking control of the company.
The Los Angeles retailer said Monday that a shareholder meeting demanded...

Ousted American Apparel Chief Executive Dov Charney is firing up the machinery to retake control of the company that booted him nearly two weeks ago.
Charney plans to solicit the written consent from other stockholders to expand the number of board...

Two weeks after his humiliating ouster from American Apparel Inc., Dov Charney's seemingly doomed quest to take back the clothing company he founded has gained surprising traction.
In an unorthodox move, the scandal-plagued Los Angeles chief executive...